salvage

Definition

  • noun: the act of saving something (such as a building, a ship, or cargo) that is in danger of being completely destroyed
  • noun: compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck
  • verb: to remove (something) from a place so that it will not be damaged, destroyed, or lost
  • verb: to rescue or save especially from wreckage or ruin
  • synonyms: savage

Examples

  • ('US') I got the part from an auto 'salvage' place. [=from a junkyard; from a place where broken cars are taken so that their parts can be removed and sold]

  • Few of their possessions were 'salvaged' from the fire.

  • Divers 'salvaged' some of the sunken ship's cargo.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) -Yes, that's her. -Lot of problems? Multiple traumas, spleen, liver, lung, flail chest... ...left neck of femur, renal shutdown. Reads like a grocery list. She salvageable? Yeah, sure, we got all her signs back last night. -Relatives? -The husband. They lost the kid. DOA. (..)
    1979 Mad Max
  • (..) Thank you for your service. We'll take it from here. Who the hell are you? Qualified personnel. Look, I have a city contract to salvage all this, okay, with the city, so... I apologize, Mr. Toomes, but all salvage operations are now under our jurisdiction. Please turn over any and all (..)
    2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming
  • (..) Pearl Harbor yesterday. Frank D. Roosevelt asked each of us to do our part. The Chelsea's been commissioned to serve in the United States Navy. To repair, salvage and to rescue. Anybody doesn't wanna go to war, now's the time to say so. Once you set foot on that boat, you're in the Navy, friend. (..)
    2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button